We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving...

Introducing:

Luke Nathan Petersen
Born November 23, 2009
1:11pm
6 lbs 2 oz, 18.5 in

The very proud Daddy

All ready to come home! (His clothes are quite big on him right now! We couldn't believe how huge these newborn pants were on him!)

For those who don't know- I was induced late Sunday night, so Luke was 3 weeks early! The delivery went well and much quicker than we expected. We couldn't be more smitten with Baby Luke and are feeling very blessed and grateful for our healthy, beautiful little boy on this Thanksgiving night!

Fall Happenings

Well these last few days we have been wondering where fall disappeared to here in Denver. We have almost 2 feet of snow in front of our house and it's still snowing right now! This is already our 4th and biggest storm of October so we are bracing ourselves for what winter might have in store for us! Nathan had a snow day yesterday and a late start today though!

We were able to go to Utah for BYU's Homecoming this past weekend- it was so fun to see so much family and spend some time in Provo. Even though the game was a huge disappointment, we still had a blast and were so sad to leave. Unfortunately this is the ONLY picture I took! Carter is such a cutie, we couldn't get enough of him and it made us very excited to meet our own little boy!

We went to a pumpkin festival a couple of weekends ago with some friends. We were so excited to pick out our perfect pumpkins- only to be disappointed a week later when we got home from Utah. Nathan went to go pick up the big one and out dumped all of its insides all over our carpet. Needless to say I think next year we'll save some money and just buy them from the store!

32 Weeks!

27 Weeks

There is a little BOY hiding in there somewhere! We get more excited every week!

Notice anything new on our blog??!!

Big Changes!

My 7 month blog absence has ended! We are living in Denver now and officially have internet! (1st time in a year!) Lots and lots has changed since January so hopefully I can catch everybody up over the next few days! But first I have to finish SYTYCD! Stay tuned!

New Year

So since it's a new year I've decided to attempt to keep up on blogging. C'mon it's only been almost 4 months since my last post... Needless to say A LOT has happened since October. Enjoy this record long post!

This feels like forever ago now- but back inOctober Amber and Cody were sealed to their precious Sydney. We love this little girl so much and we were very grateful to be there on that special day.
(And now she's 1! WOW! Happy Birthday Sydney!)

Way back in November we were able to go see our new niece, Mabel, at the hospital. She is too cute we just can't get enough of her!

We went to Arizona for Thanksgiving. It was so nice and warm and I didn't want to leave. But, apparently I didn't take any pictures while we were there!

Our first Christmas tree!

We were so lucky to get to go to Boise for Dallin's baptism and be the first guests at the new and fabulous Clinger house. Even though it was a short trip, it was well worth it!
(Brady just loves his Dallin)

After getting back from Boise we finished up the semester and now I am a college graduate! It is very surreal to say the least but I am so excited! I just feel bad now when Nathan has to go to class every day and do homework, but I have certainly been enjoying all the free time!

We had an AMAZING Christmas in Pocatello this year with the whole Petersen family (my very 1st one not in Beaver). It was a lot fun to be there for about a week and spend time with family. Thanks to everyone for all the great presents, fun, and memories!

Our gingerbread house

It just snowed and snowed and snowed while we were there! I don't think I have ever seen it snow so much! Nathan had fun building a tunnel in the backyard with his brothers.

Luckily the weather quit for a day so we could go to Boise over New Years. It was a blast with a lot of the family there (we missed you Melissa, Jason, and Amber)! We played games, ate too much delicious food, watched movies, went shopping, and bowling.

Brady was so funny to watch bowl! He would run down then just drop the ball so hard- I love this kid!

Here is Skylar with her Mimi- I still don't know how Mom is surviving without her!

Very scary picture- but here is my new short hair! I am still in shock- 15 inches!

We were able to go to Tony and Jenna's wedding in Salt Lake yesterday.

Well that's that! Hopefully it won't be another 4 months before I post again!
O and p.s. Nathan and I are still on the job search- if you know of any good ones out there let us know! :)

It's about time...

I know, I know you're all thinking this in your head as you see that we've finally posted on here again. It's about time really sums it ALL up I think. We have been super busy since school has started and there just does not seem to enough time these days! And there certainly has not been enough time to blog- I know many of you (siblings, in particular) have been waiting to hear all about what's going on in our not-so-exciting lives (or if you haven't been, then stop reminding us to update this! ;) ). There's not enough time to get all of our homework done, to sleep, or to spend more time with our family and friends like we want to, but we're workin' on it! So here you go...... Enjoy! It really is about time...